The Beach 44th Street station (signed as Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue) is a

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on the

IND Rockaway Line The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, operating in Queens. It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways. At its s ...

of the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Tr ...

. It is served by the A train at all times.

History

Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue was originally a trolley stop of the

Ocean Electric Railway The Ocean Electric Railway was a streetcar line that operated on The Rockaways in Queens, New York, United States. It ran parallel to parts of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The headquarters of the ...

, which used a former segment of the

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Far Rockaway Branch The Far Rockaway Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch begins at Valley Interlocking, just east of Valley Stream station. From Valley Stream, ...

tracks, until it became a Long Island Railroad Station in 1922. The station was relocated 758 feet east of its former location between August 2 and August 23, 1940 as part of a grade crossing elimination project between Beach 44th Street and Beach 47th Street. The new elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942. The station was purchased by New York City on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of the

Rockaway Beach Branch The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens, New York City, United States. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jama ...

and

west of Far Rockaway, after a fire on the line's crossing over Jamaica Bay in 1950. Now operated by the

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, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.

Station layout

There are two tracks and two

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s. The station is served by the A train at all times and is between Beach 60th Street to the east ( railroad south) and Beach 36th Street to the west (railroad north).

Exits

This station has no closed exits, and the full-time

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is at the middle of the platforms. Four stairs lead to the street, two on each western corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 44th Street.

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
A Rockaway

Frank Avenue Station, 1955 (Arrt's Arrchives)
* The Subway Nut �
Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue Pictures

Beach 44th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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